Weldon Omer Shafer son of Amos Franklin Shafer
and Martha Jane DeBusk wrote this
letter
to his sister Estelle Minnie Lee
Shafer on
31 December 1944 from the Philippines
during
World War II.

Weldon Omer Shafer was born 23 Sep 1922 in
Dublin, Erath County, Texas and died 22 Nov
1983 in Hico, Hamilton County, Texas. He
married Eloise Beverly who was born 01 Sep
1924 and died in 12 Mar 1943 and is buried
at Live Oak Cemetery, Dublin, Erath County,
Texas. He married Dorothy Marie Neal daughter
of Percy C. Neal and Goldie Isabell Cole.
Dorothy was born 04 Sep 1927 in Dublin, Erath
County, Texas and died 05 Dec 1998 in Stephenville,
Erath County, Texas. She and Weldon are buried
together at Live Oak Cemetery, Dublin, Erath
County, Texas. Dorothy Marie Neal's sister
Norma Jean Neal married Weldon Omar Shafer's
brother Everett Duain Shafer.